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READING, Rend the text and choose the right answers,
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is one of the most famous and certainly the greatest English writers
The author of "Hamlet and "Othello" was bom in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon Yome
Shakespeare pot a classical education and got married at the age of 18. His wife was a local girl,
Anne Hathaway, who gave birth to their children
Nobody knew William Shakespeare before 1502 when he appeared in London as a
playwriter his first play was called Titus Andronions after which he continued writing and
created plays on historical themes, comedies and also wrote his first tragedy "Romeo and Julie"
During the first decade of the XVII Shakespeare turned to tragedies and created his greatest
onest Hamlet) Othello» «Macbeth) and King Lear). All of them had a great success,
Moreover, William was an amazing poet known for his sonnets which are the poems consisting
of 14 lines with a moral at the end,
All his works deal with themes of love, friendship, death, change and immortality and
often contain great philosophical ideas. Shakespeare's major activity was related to drama. He
became a full shareholder in his acting company and was a co-owner of the Globe) and the
Blackfriars theatres, "The Globe" theatre was and still is one of the best theatres in the world,
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 but his works are still read and performed on stage or
adapted into films,
1. W. Shakespeare was born in the ... century. A) 17th
2. The famous writer got a ... education, A) usual B) modem
C) strange
3. His works were
A) successful B) not success C) boring
* He loved to perform in
A) films
B) plays C) sonnets
B) 15th
C) 16th
MI. VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR. Choose the necessary variant.
1. We can take a programme from an
2. The ... applaud after the play,
3. The ... is far from the stage.
4. Tom usually ... the play on weekends.
5. They are ... to go to the show,
6. Sam told that he had ... this play.
A) actor B) usher C) actress
A) audiograph B) auditorium C) audience
A) gallery B) box office C) box
A) watching B) watch C) watches
A) considered B) considering C) to consider
A) seen B) see
C)seeing
IV. WRITING. You got a letter from Jane who writes ...
I like going to the theatre. Do you often go to the theatre? What do you like to watch
Who do you go to the theatre with?
By the way, I saw a nice play last week
Write Jane a letter. Answer her questions. Ask 3 questions about the play she saw last week. 70
Words.
